A tree of height 36mts at the edge of a road broke at certain height and it fell in such a way that its top touched the other edge of the road.If the breadth of the road is 12m,the the height at tree broke is ?
a)16 b)24 c)12 d)18

• If tree is broken then becomes a right angled triangle.
  let, The height of broken tree =y
  and length of broken part=x
  now, x + y = 36
  x^2 - y^2=144
  (x+y)(x-y)=144
  x-y=4
  
  
  =>x=20
  y=16
  
  a is correct option.
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• Its a simple case of Pythagoras theorem:
  
  Let one side be 'x'
  Thus, other side i.e. hypotenuse side is (36-x)
  
  Now applying pythagoras theorem:
  
  (36-x)^2 = x^2 + 12^2
  
  Solving we get: x = 16
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